Forestry Procurement Analyst Job at Smurfit Westrock, Atlanta, GA

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  • Smurfit Westrock
  • Atlanta, GA

Job Description

The opportunity:

Smurfit Westrock has an opportunity for a Fiber Procurement Business Analyst based out of the Home Office in Atlanta, GA. This position conducts and supports in-depth analytical and business analyses on fiber procurement operations for the virgin fiber mills. The procurement operations include the total annual purchase of 30 million tons of chips, roundwood, and biomass in North America with an annual spend of $1.2 billion.

This role supports both strategic and tactical planning across the annual cycle including data acquisition and compilation, market research, and report generation. The position translates business data and conducts timber price forecasting, analysis of timber market dynamics, fiber supply and demand, forest inventory dynamics through growth to drain analyses, evaluations of WestRock wood flows, inventories and fiber financial reporting, examination of the logging force, and research of current market information all in support of regional and divisional purchase strategies.

Work Relationships :

This position reports directly to the Director of Fiber Analytics and interacts regularly with Regional Wood Procurement Managers, Directors of Region Fiber Procurement Operations and the Senior Vice President of Fiber Supply.

How you will impact WestRock:

  • Support of all virgin fiber procurement geographic regions, comprising 13 primary paper mill operations and over 20 satellite woodyards and chip mills.
  • Operational and financial support for efforts pertaining to annual and tactical purchase strategies.
  • Creating and tracking analytics related to fiber quality.
  • Assistance with monitoring forest industry fiber market and trends.
  • Assistance with annual and quarterly fiber budgeting process.
  • Analyze safety data for trends and reporting

What you need to succeed:

Master of Science degree in Forest Economics, Forest Resources, or a related forestry field, or bachelor’s degree in forestry related fields and three to five years of forestry data analysis or finance experience.

Working knowledge of MS Office, statistics, SQL, relational databases, multiple and non-linear regression, linear programming and project management are a plus.

What we offer:

  • Corporate culture based on integrity, respect, accountability and excellence
  • Comprehensive training with numerous learning and development opportunities
  • An attractive salary reflecting skills, competencies and potential
  • A career with a global packaging company where Sustainability, Safety and Inclusion are business drivers and foundational elements of the daily work.

Job Tags

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